Category: Court

Reasons why the unprofessional conduct occur and what need to be done A prosecutor is a person who represents a state in criminal cases in courts of law. He or she is responsible for executing a criminal who has broken a law (Miller, Hess & Orthmann, 2013). Ethical behavior refers to expected conducts of behavior…

The first authors of the American constitution left the decision of the question of racial segregation to the discretion of the future generations, and the civil war and the Reconstruction gave only a temporary respite from the racial discrimination for the former slaves and their descendants. However, in the middle of the 1950s, the US…

Background information Puerto Rico’s judicial system currently comprises of the Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the region and also mandated to direct the entire judicial system. Other courts include judicial districts courts, which are meant to deal with the most basic cases. Higher than the judicial district courts are municipal courts, then…

The reviewed article is titled “Supreme Court Justices Question IRS Shield in Tax-Shelter Case,” and it was posted in The Wall Street Journal on December 1, 2020, by Richard Rubin. The article speaks about a challenge to the IRS from a company called CIC Services LLC, which questions the authority of the IRS to enforce…

Summary The In Re Winship case was a Supreme Court case in 1970 that focused on the issue of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Winship’s defendant in the case was charged with stealing $112 from a woman’s purse. Parties The In Re Winship case was brought to the United States Supreme Court by the plaintiff,…

The U.S Supreme Court came into existence as per the requirement of the constitution. Article III, section I of the US constitution required that a supreme court is enacted to provide judicial power. The agenda to establish the court was deliberated by the first meeting that was held by the congress on March 4, 1789.…

Abstract The United States has a dual court system with two types of courts: the federal courts and the state courts. The idea of the dual court system is misleading because there are 50 court systems in each state, plus the federal system, and the courts of Washington, D.C. (Carmen, 2013). The states have found…

Case/Parties: Altitude Express v. Zarda (2020) Facts: An Altitude Express employee, Donald Zarda, warned female customers that he is gay to minimize possible sexual harassment complaints due to his work’s specificities that required him to be in close proximity to clients. However, one of the customers complained about the inappropriate behavior of Zarda, and Altitude…

Table of Contents Introduction Background The Court’s Decision The Effect of the Decision The Justices’ Arguments Conclusion References Introduction The Supreme Court’s decisions have great importance in legal practice and often become precedents determining how future cases are to be decided. This paper will discuss Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion…

A witness’s testimony is a synthesis of information known to a person about the circumstances to be established in a criminal case, made during interrogation in the manner prescribed by law as a witness. Eyewitness testimony is the most common type of evidence during an investigation. Historically, such statements have always been a form of…